A prison chess teacher, a young boxing coach working to tackle knife crime and a chef who creates recipes for those experiencing loss of taste are among those recognised across the country in the New Year Honours list.Carl Portman, 61, from Banbury in Oxfordshire, is being made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to prisoners for his voluntary work bringing chess into prisons.Meanwhile, Serena Wiebe, 21, from Bristol, is receiving a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to young people having been a knife crime campaigner and a boxing coach at Empire Fighting Chance.Ryan Riley, 32, receives a BEM having founded Life Kitchen in 2018, a not-for-profit cookery school for those experiencing changes to taste and smell after the death of his mother from cancer.
